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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130525:01:57:00

the slurred voice is ranting about canadian politics in what sounds like an attempt to goad ford. he then uses an anti-gay slur to describe a former canadian prime minister or his son, who in either case is one of his political rivals. then ford pipe in one hand, lighter in the other is laughing and mildly protesting at the sack ril edge. seems to keep trying to light the pipe, keeps stopping to laugh. finally finds this moment and lights up and inhaled. end of scene. gawker decided not to buy the 90 second video because the guy selling it wanted too much money. i have not seen the video, we cannot confirm gawker's reporting, but their description comports with the reporting from two reporters at the toronto star, also say they saw the video. >> the video which appears to be real shows mayor rob ford in a

Case , Politics , Canadian-border , Ford , Son , Voice , Prime-minister , Slur , Attempt , Rivals , One , Pipe

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130525:01:59:00

video of him smoking crack. meanwhile, the crackstarter campaign is under way online. participate if you would like to. having reportedly seen the mayor smoking crack video in toronto, gawker.com didn't object to content of paying for the tape, that's something some publishing organizations don't do, they seem to have no problem with that in concept. gawker's only objection to buying the tape is that it was too expensive. they set up a fund raising drive, called crackstarter, to raise $200,000 for the video. as of tonight, they're pretty close. the deadline they set is monday. only have 30 something grand to go. the problem is that gawker freely admits the crack smoking tipsters offering the video didn't seem to be the most reliable guys on the planet. now apparently they've lost touch with them, the guys that reportedly have the video. who knows how it ends. maybe gawker gets the video and we get to judge for ourselves, maybe they raise the money,

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130525:10:57:00

uses an anti-gay slur to describe either a former canadian prime minister or his son, who in either case is one of his political rivals. then ford pipe in one hand, lighter in the other is laughing and mildly protesting at the sackry lidge he seems to keep trying to light the pipe but keeps stopping to laugh. he is red-faced and steadty, heaving with each breath. finally finds this moment and lights up. he inhales. end scene. gawker decided not to buy the 90 second video because the guy selling it wanted too much money. i have not seen the video, we cannot confirm gawker's reporting, but their description does comport basically with two reporters at the toronto star who also say that they saw the video. >> the video which appears to be real shows mayor rob ford in a room, his shirt open, lulling back in his chair and appears to be smoking a crack pipe. >> the man in the video we

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130525:01:56:00

crack, maybe. the toronto star and gawker.com have published reports describing a cell phone video that stars robert ford, the mayor of toronto, and what looks to be a crack pipe. gawker's editor says he was contacted by a tipster in toronto who described the video, wanted them to buy it, having been told there is a video of the mayor of toronto smoking crack, they sent their editor to toronto to see for himself. there were a bunch of false starts, difficulties trying to meet the guy with the video, didn't work out for awhile. then finally the gawker editor says the video was shown to him on a touch-screen phone. he says, quote. here is what the video shows. rob ford, the mayor of toronto, is the only person visible in the frame. prior to the trip, i spent a lot of time looking at the photograph of rob ford. the man in the video is rob ford, it is well lit, clear, seated in a house, and has a glass pipe with two glass cylinders coming out of it. other hand, a lighter.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130525:10:59:00

like to. having reportedly seen the mayor smoking crack video in toronto, gawker.com didn't object to the concept of paying for the tape. that is something some publishing organizations don't do. gawker seems to have no problem with that in concept. gawker's only objection to buying the tape is that it was too expensive. so now they've set up a fund-raising drive. a crowd funding effort called crackstarter, instead of kick-starter to raise $200,000 for the video. as of tonight, they're pretty close. the deadline they set is monday. only have 30 something grand to go. the problem is that gawker freely admits the crack smoking connected tipsters who are offering to sell them the video didn't seem to be the most reliable guys on the planet. and now apparently they have lost touch with them. the guys who reportedly have the video. who knows how it ends. maybe gawker gets the video and we get to judge for ourselves, maybe they raise the money, can't get the video. maybe somebody else gets the video. maybe the mayor takes a question first time in a week. who knows. until the video surfaces, and

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130525:10:56:00

have published reports describing a cell phone video that stars robert ford, the mayor of toronto, and what looks to be a crack pipe. gawker's editor says he was contacted by a tipster in toronto who described the video, wanted them to buy it, having been told there is a video of the mayor of toronto smoking crack, gawker sent its editor up to toronto to see for himself. there were a bunch of false starts, difficulties trying to meet the guy with the video, didn't work out for awhile. then finally the gawker editor says the video was shown to him on a touch-screen phone. he says, quote. here is what the video shows. rob ford, the mayor of toronto, is the only person visible in the frame. prior to the trip, i spent a lot of time looking at photographs of rob ford. the man in the video is rob ford, it is well lit, clear, ford is seated in a room in a house. in one hand is a clear glass pipe with a big globe and two glass cylinders sticking out of it. other hand, a lighter. the slurred voice is ranting about canadian politics in what sounds like an attempt to goad ford. mayor rob ford then allegedly

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130518:10:01:00

particular heist looks like the work of the pink panthers, but they are not ruling them out yet. and, no, that is not my dog. then this evening, also at cannes, shots of some kind, shots were fired during a live tv broadcast at the festival, which sent the audience and movie stars running for cover. police arrested a man in possession of a fake grenade and a starting pistol. so a thing that looks like a gun and can make a sound like a gun, but it does not fire real bullets. police's initial statement about the guy they arrested is that he seems to be, quote, a crazy guy. don't get mad at me for saying crazy. that's what the police said in france. also today, reports of a video that appears to show the mayor of the fourth largest city in north america smoking crack. this is a photo supplied by the people who are selling the video, gawker.com was the first source to break the news. their editor saying he traveled to toronto after he was approached to buy the crack smoking mayor videotape. the gawker editor said he did

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130518:01:01:00

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130518:01:01:00
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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20130517-20:58:00

seen crowd funded on kick-starter, this has got to be a first. the website gawker is trying to raise $200,000 to buy a video that allegedly shows toronto's mayor smoking crack. i couldn't make this up if i tried. two reporters for the toronto star say they saw video of rob ford with two somali drug dealers smoking out of a crack pipe. john cook from gawker.com says the same thing. while they have no way of verifying whether the video is real, the toronto reporters say it appears to be undoctored. mayor of toronto rob ford responded to the story a few hours ago. >> the allegations of this video? >> absolutely -- it's ridiculous. >> absolutely not true he says. the video is supposedly being shopped around and gawker hopes to raise enough cash to buy it and post it online. when you think of international espionage you think 007, the gadgets, the

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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20130517-20:54:00

original content game. amazon rolled out 14 pilots as part of a new plan to directly compete with internet content providers like netflix and hulu. alpha house is the first show to get the green light. it stars john goodman and is written by pulitzer prize winning cartoonist gary trudeau. congratulations. sure president obama had a bad week but at least he's not this mayor who allegedly just got caught on video smoking crack. as first reported by gawker.com. that story straight ahead when "the lead" continues. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over

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